The very last job I had before joining the Fleet Air Arm of the RN (age 19) was a refuse disposal officer (dustman
) at Sunbury Urban District Council. I have emptied the bins of some of the rich and famous who lived around that area of north Surrey.... but it was done with a serious motive for the Navy told me I would have to pass a pre joining medical and show that I had lost 3 stone.
By the time I got to Dartmouth I was a fit as a fiddle and 3.5 stone lighter
G.